On Tuesday, February 11, 2014 8:42:48 AM UTC, Brian Lawrence wrote:
On 10/02/2014 19:34, Malcolm wrote:



In article , Brian Lawrence

writes



"Despite ongoing increases in atmospheric greenhouse gases, the

Earth's global average surface air temperature has remained more or

less steady since 2001."



"http://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nclimate2106.

html"



So what?



A scientist would know that the first sentence of an abstract of a

scientific paper , such as you have quoted above, conventionally sets

out the problem being investigated.



An honest scientist would quote the conclusion of the abstract which is:



"The net effect of these anomalous winds is a cooling in the 2012 global

average surface air temperature of 0.1-0.2 °C, which can account for

much of the hiatus in surface warming observed since 2001. This hiatus

could persist for much of the present decade if the trade wind trends

continue, however rapid warming is expected to resume once the anomalous

wind trends abate."



Readers can draw their own conclusions about you, your honesty, and

about the conclusions of the paper.



Indeed. I made a post which contained no words of my own and provided a

link to more info. I thought such actions were one of the main purposes

of a Newsgroup, even though as a long-time lurker I am aware of the

knee jerk reactions and rabid responses that often ensue.



C'est la vie.



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Brian W Lawrence

Wantage

Oxfordshire

Yes, the rabid responses I and others, who propose and link to mainstream science to show that it is likely to be correct about climate change, receive from climate deniers are legendary in the newsgroup and utterly foul. I don't think you have been subject to anything of that ilk, ever, have you?